Now that the bird's digesting, folks all around Milwaukee have been burning off the calories running through stores, trying to find crazy deals.

For music lovers, the best Black Friday stops today include your friendly local music stores. Record Store Day, the annual celebration for vinyl fans, is sponsoring some exclusive Black Friday releases, several of which are available at The Exclusive Company. The Wisconsin chain, with area locations in Milwaukee proper, Greenfield and West Bend, will be carrying such special releases as a Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" split 7"; My Morning Jacket performing "It Makes No Difference" live with Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard; and Nirvana's "Incesticide" 20th anniversary edition (2 LP, 180 gram vinyl, 45RPM). They've also got special deals like Alabama Shakes' "Boys & Girls" for only $6.99 (a great value ahead of the band's sold out show at Riverside next Friday). | Nov. 23, 2012»Read Full Blog Post

Tavern and liquor store owners may be able to turn the tables on underage drinkers if a bill that unanimously passed a state Assembly committee on Tuesday eventually becomes law.

The bill, patterned after the decade-old "Brown Jug law" in Alaska, would allow alcohol purveyors to sue anyone under age 21 for $1,000 in small claims court if the person tries to trick them into selling alcohol or allowing them into a bar illegally. | April 30, 2013»Read Full Article(63)

Three actors with Wisconsin connections were nominated Tuesday forTony Awards. Two will face each other in the same category.

Green Bay native Tony Shalhoub was nominated for best featured actor in a play for his performance in "Golden Boy." In this revival of a Clifford Odets play, Shalhoub plays the father of the central character, a young man torn between possible careers as a violinist and a boxer. | April 30, 2013»Read Full Article(3)

Osaka Little Japan, a restaurant serving sushi and ramen, has opened at 2336 N. Farwell Ave., formerly the site of Ichiban.

While some restaurants in Milwaukee offer ramen as specials, Osaka appears to be the city's first to offer ramen full time. The Japanese noodle dish served in broth with assorted additions has gained in popularity across the U.S. | April 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

If this week is any indication of the summer concert season in Milwaukee, then prepare yourself for a very exciting couple of months. The live music options this week are just staggering - from the first big arena tour of the year with Carrie Underwood, to the Miltown Beatdown finals, to the four-day Foster Fest event, to an intimate show with Sara Bareilles and a Friday concert with one-half of Outkast, Big Boi.

I boil down all the highlights for this week's Concert Corner chat with CineStars' Brittany Umar. | April 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

When I ask about who the best tattoo artist is in the city 3-4 names pop up. Amongst those names is always, Milwaukee tattoo artist Pooh Bear-owner of Double Happiness Tattoo. Peep some of his art below,

Jeff Poniewaz and Jim Chapson will begin their two-year terms as Milwaukee’s poets laureate with a public reading at 2 p.m. May 5 in the Loos Room of the Central Library’s Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th Street.

The event, which includes a reception, is free and open to the public. The library requests people RSVP to Crystal Sura, (414) 286-3021 or csura@milwaukee.gov by May 3. | April 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Can Pink keep her spot at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week? Look below to find out if her new hit can fend off the rising competitors and then enjoy the videos from the songs that were top of the chart this week in 2006, 1996, 1986 and 1976.

The fund will supply toys and other items for children in emergency rooms or waiting rooms at Froedtert Hospital. SURG partners Michael Polaski and Omar Shaikh decided to set up the fund after the community's response to help the children who lost parents in the Azana Spa shooting in Brookfield in October. The fund would help children who are patients as well as children who are waiting for word about family receiving treatment at Froedtert, according to a statement from the group. | April 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(1)

Bloody Marys aren't my thing, but a gourmet version of a Bloody Mary is generating some mad respect for a Wisconsin pub around the nation in social media today (in addition to bolstering the stereotype of Wisconsin being a heavy drinking state.)

Take a look at this impressive, heavily loaded Bloody Mary, served at O'Davey's Irish Pub & Restaurant in Fond du Lac. (Also known as Davey's.) | April 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(10)

Today's On Tap Today pick is for a band you probably haven't heard of. Dreamy pop group Lucius, featuring dual frontwomen Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, only has a four song EP to its name, but the band's already receiving strong praise from Paste, the New York Times, Rolling Stone and NPR Music. | April 30, 2013»Read Full Blog Post